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DC 2322
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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72-69 (kinda sounds like a basketball score, doesn't it?)

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, KRSC and more


  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
TINA TURNER: Simply the Best (A Tribute) [Optional Hour 2]
From: Paul Ingles
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In this second optional hour of a music special from producer Paul Ingles, listeners will hear more tracks from over 50 years of recording and perf...

Bought by Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Lux Stage Door
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 5 - The Return of Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA—The granddaughter of Chief Caleen Sisk holds salmon eggs before dropping them into an incubator (the blue barrel) where they will hatch and juvenile salmon will swim out into the McCloud River. July 11, 2022. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - The Return of Salmon. A War Dance held on top of Shasta Dam brought about a surprising discovery: the Winnemem Wintu's fish s...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 4 - Speaking for Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: McCloud, CA — A Winnemem Wintu man dances in ceremony for the salmon. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - Speaking for Salmon. At a sacred spring high up on Mt. Shasta, the Winnemem Wintu recount the beginnings of the world when sa...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 3 - A Habitat Destroyed (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
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A Prayer for Salmon - A Habitat Destroyed. The Winnemem Wintu and supporters start a two-week Run4Salmon prayer to call salmon back to the waters a...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KALW, KVCR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 2 - It's Illegal (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: "Shasta Reservoir, CA — Chief Caleen Sisk on the shoreline near where she says a Winnemem Wintu village site was flooded out by Shasta Dam. October 30, 2018. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - It's Illegal. We go to Shasta Dam and learn about the history behind its construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We h...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 1 - A Protest at Shasta Dam (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta Lake, CA — The Winnemem Wintu and allies protest the lack of information about the harm caused by Shasta Dam. September 25, 2019. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - A Protest at Shasta Dam. In a peaceful protest, the Winnemem Wintu call out the U.S. government for its refusal to acknowledg...

Bought by KKRN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KFCF FM, KVCR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
EP224 Eric Bibb
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
PE 2321
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Contingency plan #25

Bought by WPVM 103.7, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WFHB, KEOS and more


  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 19
DC 2321
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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In search of...a little help?

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, Royalton Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KRSC and more


  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Almost Astronaut
From: Joe Richman
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The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 16:36
795: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff? / 796: Who Owns Seeds?, 5/20/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Nakba: 75 Years On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
PE 2320
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Just good music

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 19
DC 2320
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Unpredictable

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, KRSC, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
NL 23-23: Late Art: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in the 1980s, 5/29/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the last decade of his life Art Blakey continued to mentor new talent in his Jazz Messengers group, helping to elevate musicians such as Wynton ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
NL 23-22: After The Vanguard: The Return of Bill Evans, 5/22/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Recordings that pianist Bill Evans made as a sideman and as a leader in the year following his bassist Scott La Faro’s death in an automobile accid...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
NL 23-21: Claude Thornhill: The Godfather Of Cool, 5/15/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music of the Terre Haute, Indiana, big-band leader whose 1940s orchestra helped pave the way for cool jazz.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
NL 23-20: The Carla Bley Songbook, 5/8/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Carla Bley is renowned today for her big-band writing, but it was small-group recordings of her work in the 1960s that introduced her to the jazz w...

  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
PE 2319
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Big battle leads to L.A.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KPRG, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 20
DC 2319
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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More 50/50

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRSC, KPRG and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Lux The Lady From Cheyenne
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:01:40
  • Purchases: 2

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